his top military adviser says a hold on military promotions by one republican senator is having a negative impact not just on those officers but their families. air force chief of staff general charles q. brown is up for the chair chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. alabama republican senator tommy tuberville is blocking more than 250 military promotions over opposition to the pentagon s abortion policy. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin leads us off tonight with that from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the pentagon said this months long standoff with the senator from alabama is now threatening readiness and benefiting russia and china. general c.q. brown is the president s pick to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs but his confirmation and that of 265 senior officers are being held up by one senator tommy tuberville of alabama. for the first time in 150 years, the marine corps is without a come dantd because of
And as it turns out, it during billys job as an elephant trainer for barnum and bailey, the father shared countless adventures with his little boy. Monday afternoon, the two went jet skiing as they often did. Hours later, billy was missing and his son was alone on an island in the river. Our marine unit deputies couldnt get on the scene quick enough to recover the reporter the threeyearold was rescued when he managed to answer a facetime call from his worried mother. Impressive that a threeyear old would have the whereabouts to answer the facetime call from his mother and tell his mom where he was, i guess the island they frequented. Reporter vomits after he was found, rescuers began searching for the childs father. Crews in the air, divers in the water and detectives on the ground. Just before noon, billy morris had recently taken a job as a tracker working for amazon. A particularly sad sight today, his rig still parked in front of their home. So many unanswered questions. I guess th
Another stop on the campaign trail. Former president bill clinton is in st. Petersburg, supporting his wife before election day. There is enough wind blowing from north dakota with canada to the west texas border with mexico to Electrify America many times over. There is no Transmission System to carry the power from where it is to where it can be used. This can mean for you with solar and wind, the cheapest electric rates in America Today are in iowa, where where i am going when i leave you. 5. 18 cents per kilowatt hour, the cheapest in the country because they have invested in wind power and the farmers are making money off of it because they own the windmills and they sell the power. Everybody wins. This is bill clinton speaking to a crowd in st. Petersburg talking about alternative energy. He is stumping for hillary the candidate herself held a rally earlier today at Pasco Hernando State College in dade city. Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado welcomed her to the stage. Machado d
Happen. He was such a good person, we cannot believe it. She warned him about the dangers on the river perhaps it was not enough. This is the one thing i said if youre on the island dont take off the life jacket. That would have made a difference. He will be missed. He was a good guy. Investigators are not speculating what happened. They believe the medical examiners report and the way in putting the puzzle pieces together. Were live, josh cascio, fox 13 news. Thank you. Were following a news alert out of hillsborough where the body of a woman was discovered in a ditch in the palm river area. They are investigating near 20 and 58th south a horse back rider found the woman just before 2 this afternoon. They say the medical examiner will determine her identity and middle of another push through the Sunshine State and wrapped up a rally in dade city a while ago. Aaron mesmer was there. Did we hear anything new . Reporter well, cynthia, she didnt say a word a single time today was emails.
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